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Nahum Nardi
Nahum Nardi was born Nahum Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist family in Kiev,…
Yehuda Ratzaby
Prof. Yehuda Ratzaby was born in the small village Sava'n in central Yemen, a two-hour…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study…
Avner Bahat
Avner Bahat was born in 1932 in Tel Aviv. His mother, Malka (Bitterman), was born in…
Yehiel 'Adaki
Yehiel 'Adaki was born in Manakhah in 1903[1] to Aharon and Margalit 'Adaki. The…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Moshe Wilensky
Moshe Wilensky was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. During the first World War, his…
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…